Space

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Kids v. Sarcasm, 24,000-Year-Old Worm, Why Betelgeuse Dimmed

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Learn about why younger kids don’t understand sarcasm; a 24,000 year old living worm; and Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming.”

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Hygiene Hypothesis, Ancient Coronavirus, Black Hole Eats Neutron Star

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Learn about whether being too clean makes kids sick; an ancient coronavirus epidemic; and a black hole-neutron star merger.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Asteroids Can Have Rings, Spiders That Nurse Their Young, and “Lord of the Forest” Tāne Mahuta

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Learn about why asteroids can have rings; spiders that actually nurse their young; and Tāne Mahuta, a massive tree that’s been known to bring visitors to tears.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Kickstart Your Memory with the Jennifer Aniston Neuron, Black Hole Pictures, and Increasing Human Lifespans

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Learn how fast human lifespans are increasing; why we’ve never seen a black hole; and recent research into the “Jennifer Aniston neuron” that could help you kickstart your memory.

Something Funky is Happening to the Earth’s Magnetic Field

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Recently a weak spot in the Earth's magnetic field over the southern Atlantic Ocean has been getting weaker, which could signal the beginnings of a global magnetic reversal event. Or not. It’s complicated.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Qualified Immunity in Police Misconduct, Why Longing Is Important in Relationships, and Wandering Stars Regularly Visit Our Solar System

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Learn about how qualified immunity prevents police misconduct from being punished; why we’re due for “wandering star” Gliese 710 to visit our solar system soon; and what studying prairie voles can teach us about successful long-lasting relationships.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Constellations Across Cultures, Female vs. Male Hurricanes, and Animals Scientists Study

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Learn about whether hurricanes with female names are deadlier than those with male names; research into why so many different cultures see the same things in constellations; and, animals besides lab rats that are essential to science.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Psychosomatic Illnesses and Seeing Behind a Black Hole

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Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan demystifies psychosomatic illnesses. Then, learn how scientists saw behind a black hole.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Pop Songs Are Getting Sadder, Mysterious Radio Signals from Outer Space, and It Pays to “Just Be Yourself”

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Learn about why pop songs are getting sadder; a mysterious radio signal coming from outer space every 16 days; and why it pays to be yourself when you’re in a high-stakes situation.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: We Don’t Know How Gravity Works (w/ Sean Carroll) and the Milky Way’s Bubble Mystery

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Learn from theoretical physicist Sean Carroll why we don’t understand how gravity works — and how we can figure it out. You’ll also learn about enormous balloon-like structures that scientists have discovered in the center of our galaxy.

The Last Supermoon of the Year and How to See It

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The Super Flower Moon of May is this year's last supermoon, when the Moon appears slightly larger and brighter in the sky because it is somewhat closer to Earth. Here's everything you need to know and how to watch it from home.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Looking Into Space Is Looking Back in Time

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Learn why soccer players miss penalty kicks; how we estimate population sizes; and how space helps us look back in time.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Bike Balancing, How Big Data Knows What You Like, and Millions of Copper Needles in Space

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Learn about why the US once launched millions of copper needles into space; why bikes don’t fall down when you ride them; and 3 ways big data can predict what you really like to watch or listen to.

Quiz: Test Your Space Exploration Knowledge

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Ahead of the historic May 27th NASA and SpaceX crewed space launch, test your space exploration knowledge!

Curiosity Daily Podcast: The Universe Might Expand Unevenly, Using a Camera to De-Clutter Your House, and 3 Hominins Lived in the Same Place and Time

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Learn about a surprising tip for de-cluttering your house; 3 extinct relatives of humans that lived in the same place and time; and why the possibility that the universe might not be expanding at the same rate everywhere is a huge deal.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence

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Hear about a slingshot launching payloads into space, the impressively modern-looking world’s oldest pants, and how moth wings are able to absorb sound to avoid detection from bats.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Sleep vs. Exercise, Milky Way Pictures, Military Method for Sleeping Anywhere, and Voice Recording Science (w/ Matthan Ring Black)

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Learn which is more important, sleep or exercise; why you’ve never seen a picture of the whole Milky Way; a trick for falling asleep any time, anywhere, with a military-tested trick; and why your voice sounds different when you hear a recording of yourself.